Burksville, Illinois

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Burksville
Unincorporated
Name origin: John G. Burkhardt, St. Louis merchant

Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Monroe
Precinct	12

Elevation	650 ft (198 m)
Coordinates	38°16′02″N 90°09′09″W / 38.26722, -90.1525

Government	Unincorporated

Timezone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code	62298
Area code	618

Location of Burksville within Illinois

Burksville, Illinois is small unincorporated community in the historic New Design Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. Originally developed by John P. Brown, Burksville was named in 1857 after John G. Burkhardt, a resident of St. Louis, who opened a store there in 1851 It lies along the old Kaskaskia to St. Louis road off Illinois Route 3 south of Waterloo.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Combined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois, J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia, 1883

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Burksville, Illinois is at coordinates 38°16′02″N 90°09′09″W / 38.2672748, -90.1526126 (Burksville, Illinois)Coordinates: 38°16′02″N 90°09′09″W / 38.2672748, -90.1526126 (Burksville, Illinois)

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Unincorporated	Ames \| Burksville \| Burksville Station \| Chaflin Bridge \| Foster Pond \| Fountain \| Harrisonville \| Madonnaville \| Merrimac \| Monroe City \| New Hanover \| Renault \| St. Joe \| Tipton \| Wartburg

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